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#61: Building a Business Around Adventure: The Aleutian Adventures Story with Kyle Kolodziejski (opens the original)
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You don’t have to build the biggest business. You have to build the right one. Kyle has spent nearly 30 years proving that. He built a career around fishing, adventure, travel, and some of the most remote places on the planet. He moved to Alaska without much of a plan, built his reputation as a guide and operator, traveled throughout Patagonia selling experiences he knew firsthand, started over more than once, and eventually found his way to leading Aleutian Adventures. And he did it without giv
#60: Shelley Hughes on Alaska Leadership: Faith, Family, Persistence, and Running for Governor (opens the original)
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Ken Okonek interviews lifelong Alaskan and gubernatorial candidate Shelley Hughes about the experiences shaping her leadership and mindset. Hughes recounts moving from Ohio to Alaska, living in the off-grid Game Creek community near Hoonah, then relocating to Bethel and Fort Yukon as her Vietnam-veteran husband worked in medicine. She describes choosing to be a largely stay-at-home mother of four (now with 12 grandchildren), and how managing a family built skills in problem-solving, persistence,
#59: Entrepreneurship Beyond Unicorns: Passion, Failure, and Fixing Mental Health with David Crane (opens the original)
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Entrepreneurship Beyond Unicorns: Passion, Failure, and Fixing Mental Health with David Crane Ken Okonek interviews veteran entrepreneur David Crane about myths of entrepreneurship, emphasizing that most founders are middle-class people working 80–100 hours and should pursue passion over money. Crane shares his healthcare-focused career, advice on finding passion by intersecting what you love with what you’re good at, and the importance of research, coachability, and building advisory teams to i
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